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Home smoking and curing by Keith Erlandson will teach you everything you need to know- it will tell you the domensions you need to keep the smoke cool enough etc and also has brines etc.
I was going to make a smoker out of m,y old dishwasher but I am going to build a stone one instead!

You could try nettle beer as well- it is lovely! I accidentally doubled the sugar though so it was more like nettle wine but it sure does the trick!

Avon skin so soft dry oil moisturiser would be a great pressy for your OH as it creates a small midge repellent forcefield anywhere it is sprayed :whdat: -seriously it is miracle stuff! August is the worst time for midgyness-May is the best time as the midgies aren't out yet and you get really long ...

But then someone else has posted this information. http://mysite.verizon.net/mhieb/WVFossils/greenhouse_data.html So what are we supposed to believe? I'm not very good at taking orders unless I understand why and currently I am not sure what to believe: the scientists working with the governments wh...

As far as I understand it the main reason 'old' light bulbs are inefficient is that they create quite a bit of heat at the same time as light. If this is the case, in an insulated house, using space heating controlled by a thermostat, the 'waste' heat from the light bulbs simply means the heating s...

I made nettle beer and it was yummy! A bit like ginger beer without the ginger and good when chilled!

baldowrie wrote:that's the problem with it and why we used to burn it...I dared it to come back to life after that!!!!

Waah, I'm going to have nightmares about zombie twitch now
(Yes , it is getting to me)

I am currently in a war with twitch and the only way I am winning is to dig it all out, roots and all. I can see exactly where I have failed to putt all the root out as it is growing straight back. The twitch that I mulched with cardboard for 8 months went yellow and dried up nicely until I took the...

I think wormeries are great and I would definitely recommend one! However word of warning if you are making your own- make sure there are no gaps for the worms to escape. The morning after I got mine, I found dried worms all over the house....they had gone miles! But after the new batch got used to ...

Mine took about 3 weeks in a cold frame in scotland.....have patience, I am sure you will see them soon! I did plant mine quite deep but I will do them shallower next time!

I made two batches of mead last year, both following Luath's recipe. The first I made with Champagne yeast as it will make the most alcoholic mead but I can still only drink this mead mixed with Amaretto (sharp on its own but gorgeous with the almonds...) The second batch I made with bread yeast whi...